Heavy Metal Trivia: Are You Ready to Rock?
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Where was Trent Reznor, of the metal band Nine Inch Nails, born?
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Mercer, Pennsylvania
2.
Who had the song, "Merry-Go-Round", on their first album release on a major label?
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Motley Crue
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What kind of guitar does Angus Young use?
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SG Standard
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Before his short career with Ozzy, with whom did Randy Rhoads get his start?
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Quiet Riot
5.
The guitarist J. played guitar for what heavy-metal band?
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White Zombie
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Who didn't play in a band with heavy-metal star Ozzy Ozbourne in the 70's or 80's?
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Gary Moore
7.
Which heavy-metal band released the 1980 single "Ace of Spades"?
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Motorhead
8.
Who recorded "Seasons in the Abyss" in the 1990's?
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Slayer
9.
What band did the original version of "War Pigs"?
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Black Sabbath
10.
On whose 1996 album did the song "Roots Bloody Roots" appear?
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Sepultura
11.
What band did Mark Slaughter sing for before heading his own band?
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Vinnie Vincent Invasion
12.
What 1990's album did Marty Friedman join the metal band Megadeth on?
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Rust In Peace
13.
What were two bands Yngwie Malmsteen played in before his solo career?
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Steeler And Alcatrazz
14.
What musician was famous in the 70's and later for spitting blood and sticking out his long tongue?
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Gene Simmons
15.
How and where did Cliff Burton of the metal band Metallica die?
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Bus Accident In Sweden
16.
What 3 bands was heavy-metal singer Ronnie James Dio in before becoming a solo artist?
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Black Sabbath, Elf, Rainbow
17.
Who sang lead vocals for metal guitarist Ted Nugent's first three records under the Ted Nugent name?
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Derek St. Holmes
18.
What famous drummer played on Ace Frehley's solo album?
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Anton Fig
19.
Which heavy metal god revealed he was a homosexual in the '90's?
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Rob Halford
20.
What 18-year-old prodigy sang on metal group Helloween's "Keeper of the Seven Keys" I and II?
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Michael Kiske
21.
"In the high school halls, in the shopping malls..." are lyrics from what group's song?
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Rush
22.
What thrash-metal band did Scott Ian play guitar for and help found?
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Anthrax
23.
What country is the 1980's heavy-metal band W.A.S.P from?
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United States
24.
In the '70's, what heavy-metal duo were known as the Toxic Twins?
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Steven Tyler And Joe Perry
25.
Who was the inspiration for the Randy Rhoads instrumental "Dee"?
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His Mother
26.
What heavy-metal group once had a sphinx as part of their stage props for their tour?
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Iron Maiden
27.
What was the name of the first album by heavy-metal band Tesla?
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Mechanical Resonance
28.
What two heavy metal bands did Johnny Rod play in?
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King Kobra And W.A.S.P.
29.
Which artist has a lyric that goes, "Enter night, exit light"?
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Metallica
30.
Who had a band named Skid Row in the late 1970's to early 1980's?
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Gary Moore
31.
Which band first played the song "Sweetleaf"?
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Black Sabbath
32.
What is hard to tear apart in the song "Hammerfall" by Swedish metal heads Hammerfall?
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A Metal Heart
33.
Which singer is killed in the movie "Ford Fairlane"?
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Vince Neil
34.
What shock-rocker is the mild-mannered Vincent Furnier better known as?
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Alice Cooper
35.
What gender-bending band's lead singer became a shock jock DJ as well as a comic book writer?
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Twisted Sister's Dee Snider
36.
What band features Rob Zombie's brother as the lead singer?
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Powerman 5000
37.
After he left Ozzy, what band did guitarist Jake E. Lee go on to form?
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Badlands
38.
Which two bands both had songs titled "Rattlesnake Shake"?
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Motley Crue And Skid Row
39.
What punk vocalist makes an appearance on metal band Tool's album "Undertow"?
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Henry Rollins
40.
What band features ex-KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick and ex-Motley Crue singer John Corabi?
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Union
41.
What band has Bruce Kulick not been in?
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Paul Stanley Solo Band
42.
In what speed-metal band did Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde play together before they formed Primus?
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Blind Illusion
43.
"Still No Ballads" was the motto for which classic thrash/speed metal band?
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Exodus
44.
What member of Dream Theater headed a side project called Mullmuzzler?
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James Labrie
45.
Which band recorded a theme song for "The Drew Carey Show"?
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The Presidents
46.
Who is the main character in Dream Theater's rock opera "Scenes From A Memory"?
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Nicholas
47.
Who was the first heavy metal band to have a No. 1 album on the Billboard charts?
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Quiet Riot
48.
Gene Simmons was an original native of what country?
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Israel
49.
What was the original title of Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"?
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In The Garden Of Eden
50.
What L.A. band did metal bassist Nikki Sixx get his start with?
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London
51.
In what band were Ron Keel and Rising Force's Yngwie Malmsteen band mates?
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Steeler
52.
What song did the band W.A.S.P. not cover?
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Killing Floor
53.
Which two bands have done versions of "Dream On"?
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Helix And Aerosmith
54.
Which bass player's real name is Frank Ferrano?
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Nikki Sixx
55.
What is on the front cover of Metallica's "Load"?
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Blood & Semen
56.
What was the inspiration for Faster Pussycat's name?
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Russ Meyers Movie Title
57.
On the blue version of Autograph's "That's The Stuff" metal album, what replaces "Six-String Fever"?
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We're An American Band
58.
What is the lead singer trapped in for most of the Killer Dwarfs video "Keep the Spirit Alive"?
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A Crate
59.
For what movie did metal band King Kobra write a theme song?
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Iron Eagle
60.
What metal man played a reverend in the Heavy Metal horror flick "Trick Or Treat"?
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Ozzy Osbourne
61.
Who played drums for both Waysted and Britny Fox?
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John Diteodoro
62.
Who was the lead singer for Danger Danger on their debut album?
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Ted Poley
63.
What metal musician produced albums for the band House Of Lords?
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Gene Simmons
64.
Rikki Rockett played drums for which band in the 80's and 90's?
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Poison
65.
Which TNT album contains the hit song "Everyone's a Star"?
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Tell No Tales
66.
Which ex-UFO bassist formed the band Waysted?
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Pete Way
67.
Who co-owned the Cathouse Club in Los Angeles with "Headbanger's Ball" host Ricki Ractman?
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Taime Downe
68.
In the Skid Row song "Monkey Business", what does the Kangeroo Lady have in her pouch?
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Bourbon
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In the song "18 and Life" by the heavy-metal band Skid Row, what is the main character's name?
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Ricky
70.
Who wrote the song "Peace In Our Time" for the Russian metal band Gorky Park?
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Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora
71.
The bassist and guitarist in Hurricane were brothers to the guitarist and bassist in which band?
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Quiet Riot
72.
On the cover of W.A.S.P.'s "The Last Command", what does Blackie Lawless' flag read?
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Who Dares Wins
73.
What was the last Cannibal Corpse album recorded with original vocalist Chris Barnes?
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The Bleeding
74.
What heavy-metal group did the theme song for "Friday The 13th VI: Jason Lives"?
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Alice Cooper
75.
What was the name of Annihilator's debut album?
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Alice In Hell
76.
Which song, by German metal heads Helloween, did Hammerfall re-record in 1999?
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I Want Out
77.
Who was the singer for Riot on "Thundersteel" and "The Privilege of Power"?
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Tony Moore
78.
How did guitarist Hillel Slovak die?
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Heroin Overdose
79.
What year did Metal Church record the album "Metal Church"?
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1984
80.
What was the name of the band performing in the metal club in the movie "Airheads"?
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White Zombie
81.
Joe Lynn Turner sang lead vocals on what Yngwie Malmsteen studio album?
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Odyssey
82.
What 2 lead vocalists have sang for German guitar whiz Axel Rudi Pell?
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Jeff Scott Soto & Johnny Gioeli
83.
What was the name of the band that Jean Beauvoir and Tommy Lafferty were in before Crown of Thorns?
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Voodoo X
84.
Who shared lead vocals on the song "Shocker" from the soundtrack of the movie with the same title?
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Desmond Child And Paul Stanley
85.
What type of guitar did W.A.S.P madman Blackie Lawless primarily used in the 1980's?
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B.C. Rich
86.
Which band performed the song "Sword And Stone" on the "Shocker" soundtrack?
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Bonfire
87.
Which Mercyful Fate release contains the work of Lars Ulrich on drums?
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Return Of The Vampire
88.
How many albums did Yngwie Malmsteen release in the 1980's with Jeff Scott Soto on lead vocals?
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2
89.
Bassist Dana Strum played in what well-known band before Slaughter?
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Vinnie Vincent Invasion
90.
What was the title of the first album Danny Danzi released with Z Records?
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Somewhere Lost In Time
91.
What was Steve Vai's groundbreaking 1990 instrumental album featuring his seven-string guitar?
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Passion And Warfare
92.
Which W.A.S.P. album featured a track titled "Cries In The Night"?
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The Last Command
93.
Which metal frontman sang backing vocals on Corrosion Of Conformity's 1997 song "Man Or Ash"?
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James Hetfield
94.
Which Slayer album was the first to feature Dave Lombardo's replacement on drums, Paul Bostaph?
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Divine Intervention
95.
After the firing of Anthrax frontman Joey Belladonna, what album first featured singer John Bush?
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Sound Of White Noise
96.
In 1994, Max Cavalera took a break from Sepultura to write, record and tour with which band?
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Nailbomb
97.
Which band performed at Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister's 50th birthday party as "The Lemmys"?
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Metallica
98.
Which controversial issue is the subject of Slayer's "Silent Scream"?
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Abortion
99.
Slayer released a song called "Human Disease" on the soundtrack album of which movie?
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Bride Of Chucky
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Which Slayer song features lyrics about both O.J. Simpson and JonBenet Ramsey?
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Human Disease
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